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Mary Andrews
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March 19, 2013

Homemade Peanut Butter Dog Treat Recipe: "Nana Treats"

Today we're back with a new homemade dog treat recipe that has consistently been one of Basil's favorites. They're his favorite because they're made with love and delivered by his Nana (Tim's mom) whenever she and Pop stop by for a visit — and they've got a little sweet side to them that we're sure he's nuts about too. Nana was kind enough to lend her recipe for the treats to us so we could take a stab and making them at home and share them here on the blog!

So get ready — the following dog treat recipe comes to you today compliments of Nana's recipe arsenal, and she means business when it comes to the kitchen. We made little notes where we varied from the recipe or where you could make ingredient substitutions.

Ingredients:

1 ½ Cups all-purpose flour

¾ Cup
quick cooking oats

¼ Cup honey crunch wheat germ

¼ Cup
chunky peanut butter

¼ Cup
salad oil

¼ Cup
honey

1 Teaspoon baking powder

½ Cup
water

Substitution Notes: We used whole wheat flour, you can also use brown rice flour. Wheat germ can be found in most grocery stores in the dry cereal aisle with hot cereals and oats. If you can't find honey crunch wheat germ, regular is just fine. "Salad oil" means vegetable oil.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a large bowl add 1 cup
flour and all of the remaining ingredients and mix at low speed until well
blended.

Note from Nana: I do not use a
mixer
but stir with big spoon until mixed really well. *We didn't use the mixer either and even found just mixing with hands does the trick too since this is a pretty thick dough.

With spoon, stir in the
remaining ½ cup flour and knead until dough holds together.

Roll dough to ½ inch thick and cut with
cutter. Roll out remaining scrapes
and cut as above.

Note from Nana:Flour hands and
counter
when kneading. For smaller dogs I would roll the dough
to ¼ inch thickness. *Can you tell she's made this treat recipe for a variety of different dogs? They all love her treats the most.

We'd recently found and bought this huge 100 piece cookie set that includes the entire alphabet, every number, basic shapes and seasonal cutters for almost every holiday, so we were eager to break them out and play around with different shapes for these treats:

As you can probably gather, we went with a mix of dog bone shapes,
letter shapes, some seasonal Easter shapes and some basic circles — the
little circles are the ideal treat size for Basil on a more regular
basis, but it's fun to break the mold every so often!

Bake at 350 degrees on a large cookie sheet
that has not been greased for 20 minutes. Turn off the oven and do not open door for 1 hour. Remove from the oven and cool the
treats.

Store in airtight
container or freeze and take out as needed.

Since Easter is right around the corner, we couldn't resist making a few bunny and egg shaped dog cookies:

The funny thing about it is, Basil actually loves eating eggs — we'll often mix a plain scrambled egg in with his dry food for a special treat. He'd also probably jump at the chance to chase a rabbit if the opportunity ever presented itself — but we're just as happy leaving it to cookie shapes instead!

We're storing these guy in the freezer right now to hide in Basil's Easter basket later this month — shhhh!

I'll have to admit that while Nana generously lent us her recipe to take a crack at — and while they look the same as her treats, there's just something not right since she didn't make them. It's something about the love that goes into them from your Nana that makes them special — know what I mean?

So, while we'll continue to hope and beg Nana to keep making and bringing us these treats herself, we're always glad to have a new homemade treat recipe added to our own arsenal and hope you and your pups enjoy making our version of "Nana Treats" as well.

Just be sure to tell your pups that Nana loves them when you give them their first taste :)

Well, we certainly cannot speak for all dogs and Peanuts are one of those things that can be an allergen for pets. So to be safe try a small amount we know our dog indeed is not allergic. There is always that chance for other dogs.

Mary and Tim Vidra, here! Both Richmond natives & do-it-yourselfers by nature, we are continually in search of simple solutions for living more sustainably — sharing ideas, tips and tricks for DIY home decor, urban gardening and cooking.

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Hello and welcome! We’re Tim & Mary Vidra, the faces behind 17Apart.
Living and working in Richmond, Virginia, we’re both do-it-yourselfers by nature and continually in search of simple solutions for living more sustainably — here on the blog we love sharing what we’ve been up to lately along with tips & tricks for DIY home decor, urban gardening and cooking. We're so glad you stopped by today and hope you'll visit often!